3/3/17
REVIVAL ON MAIN - Kennesaw Construction

Maxxon, 'The Floor Specialists' (Mid-South Floor Systems - 770 439 8336) has been doing some patch work on the front of the Revival on Main Street apartment complex.

Involved seems to be some apartment balconies and the large 2nd floor patio area.  
A spokesman for Maxxon acknowledged that their crews had been out several times and may be there for an additional day but that their work was almost completed.

1/27/17

REVIVAL REPAIRS BEING MADE

Some work is ongoing on the Main Street side of the Revival.  Initial comments on the construction seemed to indicate that the building was not well put together.  There have also been comments about 5th floor leaking pipes doing damage to units below.

One item defnitely lacking was any sort of sound proofing.  Noise from passing trains and the street noise from Main Street traffic has been an issue since the opening.

Savanna Rhinehart in her Facebook review of Revival on Main gave them 1 star and said in part: “Also had a really bad leak (5th) floor and they did a poor patch job and the leak came back even worse and had spread!!” 


https://www.facebook.com/pg/revivalonmain/reviews/

10/15/16
Although the saying goes:  
"One swallow doesn't make a season".  I did come across this 2 day old review of Revival under the new Wilkinson management firm, rated at D+ by the BBB and I thought it might be of minor interest:  

"Revival on Main
2825 S. Main Street, Kennesaw, GA 30144

10/13/16

Gaelicuna - Resident  Lived Here: 2015 - 2016

I do not recommend this property - Got 1 Star out of 5


DONT rent from this place!!  Since veins taken over by a new owner problem are not dealt with in a timely manner and mostly not at all.  I've had a neighbor making ridiculous noises to the point it became a screaming match and had to get the law knvolved.

Although situation is hostile management refuses to allow me to transfer to another apt and allow neighbors to continue with their hirror!!  If you care about how well a property us managed DO not rent from this nightmare!!! "

http://www.apartmentratings.com/ga/kennesaw/revival-on-main_9199332346275160029/review-111883226/


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10-12-16

Craig Kootsillas•3 hrs

Do you think they are intentionally not renting the retail space? What would be the advantage of empty space?

Davey Crockett•2 hrs

Your question got me to re-evaluate my initial favorable impression about the Commercial Real Estate Agency involved. With my looking at their Internet site and info shown I formed an initial opinion that these units may well be close to being rented out.

Good news for downtown Kennesaw if the nearly 10,000 sq ft in those 4 units ended up with shops open for business! Unfortunately my initial opinion has had to change.

I have photographed the development from even before dirt was turned on the acreage. Most recent photos of October 11th 2016 showed that Hale was doing the Commercial rentals and had his signs up with contact info. I looked at their Internet site about the Revival project.

I went back in time with my photos and noted that those SAME signs were up at least as far back as August 30, 2015.

Hale was the commercial rental agent from at least that date and probably from even further back in time. So for at least 14 months, through the initial owners ‘SCP Kennesaw Main Owner, LLC’, until now under ‘Wilkinson Kennesaw I, LLC’, this Hale company has ‘tried’ to rent out those 4 units.

I recall having heard from Jim S., of efforts to get some rentals put in, this goes back to last year. I also got some BS from our former City Councilman Debbie W., who wrote that my various negative posts about this or that had ‘scared off’ potential renters at the Revival and shame on me for being such a negative influence as to scare off potential renters.

Just some basic connecting of dots in this matter shows me that these claims, both of last year and now, are just smoke and mirrors.

My opinion now remains that no serious effort was made, or is now being made to rent out units and this is based on:

1) High rental per sq ft, although I am sorry to say I can’t quote you a price, just info from Jim S and another source that it is to high for potential tenants,

2) The lack of those 4 spaces being built out, into even a temporary configuration suitable for viewing by potential tenants. The units remain only concrete floors and drywall. Not even a drop ceiling is put in. A totally unfinished shell for those 10,000 sq ft.

3) The lack of any movement by Hale over an extended period is a clear indication of no intention to proceed. Hale has not even released the listing to other realtors and the leasing info is nowhere found except for the Hale internet site.

Last years claims of soon to be rented units and the more recent claims as related by Jim S., of potential future rentals are in my opinion totally bogus. Wilkinson/Hale are simply fobbing off inquiries with generalities of mythical tenants soon to come. Puts me in mind of the 1960's play "Waiting for Godot".

Other than an unwillingness to spend the money to finish the 4 units to minimal standards to allow showing, I can’t come up with a reason for the lack of interest in moving forward.

I fault City for a poor response to this lack of action by 2 separate owners. I have no interest in hearing for a 3rd time that ‘there is nothing we can do - it is a private issue’.

The whole project was sold to City as a combo apartment complex, parking garage and ground floor retail space. It was approved on that basis and City should pull its collective finger out and let Wilkinson know that rentals of those units are expected and no more bullshit is acceptable.

Get some City inspectors over there and write up some citations and keep writing them until those units are being rented. City lacks leadership. No one over at City has a business card reading “Lead, Follow or Get The Hell Out of the Way”.

6 elected officials and not one willing to walk across the street and tell them City expects better from them and get the units rented out!

http://haleretailgroup.com/property-details/revival-on-main

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REVIVAL ON MAIN STREET Sold for $44,500,000

August 10, 2016 ‘SCP Kennesaw Main Owner, LLC’, a Delaware company sells the 4.984 acre property to ‘Wilkinson Kennesaw I, LLC’, a Georgia LLC for $44,500,000.

Wilkinson now manages and owns the Revival property.  Keep in mind that this firm is rated by the BBB as a D+. It has many complaints on various social media sites.

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10/12/16 Update on Parking Signs:

So if you park your car at 7 pm you can't get a citation until 10:01 am the next day.

9/29/16

The 3 Hour Parking signs are up but not uncovered, around the Revival on Main St complex.

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Davey Crockett

2 mins · 

Davey Crockett asked Jim Sebastian on his Wiselike Site:

REVIVAL ON MAIN STREET, Kennesaw, Ga.

     What has been accomplished in the renting of ground floor retail units at the Revival On Main Street complex?

     This question has been asked before and indications were given to City that there were several inquiries and the Revival management was working on getting those units rented.

     As we know and as I had commented at the time, this was simply smoke and mirrors and there was nothing being done and in fact the developer had added those retail spaces only to secure easier approval by City for their apartment building.

     As of August 10, 2016 Wilkinson Real Estate Advisors, Inc, is managing this complex and residents would like to know what steps the new management is taking to get small businesses into those retail units.

     Wilkinson has a very poor track record and the BBB rates them as a D+, various consumer sites are full of complaints about their management of other of their properties.

     Kennesaw let the prior management skate on their unverifiable claims for ‘potential’ tenants, will City now, finally, press Wilkinson and their Regional Manager Debra Millwood, on this issue and let them know that the City expects them to make serious efforts to find retail tenants for these ground floor spaces?

     Prior inquiries had gotten the reply that City could not 'make' them rent out the units as they were a private firm. I thought that was a very poor reply. I always thought that Teddy Roosevelt had the right idea when he said: "Walk Solftly but carry a big stick". If Wilkinson knows that City is serious about the rentals they will get it done, but if City continues to keep its head in the sand then those units will remain empty forever.

Further info at:

Downtown Kennesaw - Revival on Main Street

Kennesaw is located in the northern part of Cobb County, Ga, it is part of the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. It was founded in 1887. During the Civil War, Kennesaw was the staging ground for the April 12, 1862 Great Locomotive Chase. If you have…

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Jim Sebastian•Reply-Get the Story about Kennesaw

The new owners know they are paying taxes and other costs on the property whether it is rented or not thus money is being left on the table. Negotiations with previous interested parties and new prospects are being worked on aggressively. Further, they realized the previous rental rates offered were somewhat out of line and have adjusted to more current market rates.

Again, as before, the City is working closely with owners, agents and prospects to bring long-term prosperous businesses to downtown. New City ordinances on multi-use developments deny Certificates of Occupancy on the last 20% of the residential units until all retail portions have been completed, inspected and approved to White box status.

White box status is all or part of a building with a minimally finished interior, usually with ceilings, lighting, plumbing, heating and cooling (HVAC), interior walls (painted or unpainted), electrical outlets, elevators, rest rooms and a concrete floor.

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9/10/16

Davey Crockett asked Jim Sebastian:

Acworth Railroad Crossings are now 'silent'!

The Kennesaw Watch picked up on an MDJ article which relates that in Acworth the 5 crossings are now ‘silent’, no train whistles like we have in downtown Kennesaw.

Although it seems that it took years to get this to happen and a good few bucks spent, they got it done.

Is Kennesaw working on something like this in conjunction with CSX. I don’t think Kennesaw needs 5 crossings to be silent, I have in mind the one downtown right across from the Revival apartment complex.

That particular downtown crossing has always been a problem, mostly for 18 wheelers that get stuck on the tracks several times a year.

Anything going on about a redesign or at least getting the ‘silent’ part taken in hand?

See article at: https://www.facebook.com/TheKennesawWatch30152/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

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Jim Sebastian•REPLYGet the Story about Kennesaw

Kennesaw has both of your questions already in the plans and will rely on SPLOST funds to complete just as Acworth.

Acworth has five (5) crossings in their downtown area while Kennesaw has only one (1) ~ Cherokee Street. Acworth decided to upgrade each of the crossings to address the train whistle noise. Kennesaw has chosen a different solution to silence the whistles while addressing several other needed improvements ~ A new bridge.

Kennesaw has a railroad bridge crossing on Main Street just south of Cherokee Street. Plans call for a second bridge crossing north of Cherokee Street close to Moon Station. Once this is completed, the crossing at Cherokee Street will be closed thus eliminating the whistle noise and errant truck crossing.

Besides eliminating the train whistle and trucks, the bridge will tie into the Cherokee Street expansion. The expansion is meant to assist in moving traffic and eliminating downtown traffic as it is a much-used route for crosstown traffic.

Finally, eliminating the Cherokee Street crossing will allow for a better design and usage of the future Depot Park.

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9/9/16

KENNESAW DOWNTOWN PARKING -

Several weeks ago the City decided to post 2 hour parking signs, about 30 of them, downtown.

Subsequent info from a City Councilman revealed that it would only be enforced around the Revival on Main street apartment complex and on the first floor of the parking garage which is part of that Revival complex.

Seems that the City wants to put up a lot of totally useless signs in areas that they do NOT intend to enforce that 2 hour parking limit.

You want to see useless signs you don't have to go to downtown Atlanta, you can just drive around downtown Kennesaw.

Signs and install cost about $50 each.

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Kennesaw approves downtown parking changes

The Kennesaw City Council unanimously approved imposing a three-hour time limit for certain public parking spaces in the city’s downtown at its meeting Monday.

A three-hour time limit will apply to 225 public parking spaces from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week in downtown Kennesaw on Main and Lewis streets next to the BurgerFi and Trackside Grill as well as around the Revival on Main Street development.

Mayor Derek Easterling said the plan was a “team effort” that came from an assembled group of business owners, residents, employees of local businesses and city residents.

“I want everyone to know this is more than just the city’s plan,” Easterling said in an email. “Multiple meetings were held, questions were asked and answered and concerns were addressed. The changes allow us to efficiently utilize downtown parking resources for businesses, residents, and visitors.”

An estimated $1,500 will be spent to construct 30 three-hour parking signs to be installed near the affected spots. Several parking areas downtown will remain unchanged and will not have time restrictions.

Though a time limit will be imposed, parking will still be free, and adherence to the new changes will be enforced by Kennesaw police as part of its officers’ normal patrol.

“Public parking is an expensive and scarce resource, and we don’t charge users for parking.  Our goal is to continue providing free, safe and convenient parking for everyone,” said Easterling.

Councilwoman Yvette Daniel said she thinks the changes will be good for the area and will help local business and residents.

“I think (the time limit) will actually open up the opportunity for it to be more workable for people that are there,” she said. “Most people eat a meal or go to a store during that time … and it will be something better for residents so they don’t have to keep circling and circling (while looking for a space).”

The fine for violating the three-hour limit for the first time is $25 if paid within five days and $40 after five days, according to the ordinance adopted by the City Council. If ticketed again within 180 days of the first offense, the fine increases to $50 if paid within five days and $75 if paid after that period.

A third ticket will require a fine of $100, which jumps to $150 after five days.

After 180 days of the first offense, the fine schedule starts over, according to the ordinance.

If a vehicle has accumulated five or more parking unpaid tickets, the city can tow and impound it, the ordinance states.

In addition to the new parking time limit, the City Council also approved an agreement with the City of Kennesaw and the Kennesaw Downtown Development Authority to add more public parking downtown.

A 10-year ground lease makes 24 parking spaces at 2980 Lewis St., available to the public the site of Dr. Bruce Hester’s dental practice.

An additional 23 spaces set aside for the practice’s staff and patients during business hours will be available in the evening and on weekends.

The city will commit about $18,000 from the city’s general fund to the KDDA to make improvements to the lot in exchange for the use of the spaces.

Over the next month, the city is planning to inform businesses, residents and the general public about the changes, and according to Easterling, signs are anticipated to be posted early this fall.© Copyright 2016 MDJOnline.com, 580 Fairground St. Marietta, GA

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8/18/16 Davey Crockett asked Jim Sebastian:

Parking Downtown

I see that now there is a time limit of three hours between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. for those parking downtown or at City Hall. Here are some questions on this topic-

1) How will this be enforced?

2) Will Kennesaw Police now be writing parking tickets? If tickets, how much will they cost?

3) Will the City now hire traffic wardens/meter maids?

4) Are parking meters next?

5) How many new signs will clutter up downtown?

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Jim Sebastian•REPLYGet the Story about Kennesaw

1) How will this be enforced?

It is planned to have on-duty officers who already patrol the area to utilize a license reader. This will allow the officers to time parking as they patrol the area the next time.

2) Will Kennesaw Police now be writing parking tickets? If tickets, how much will they cost?

There will be first time warnings then in the event any person is found to have violated the parking time limits:

~~ Such person shall be subject to a fine of $25.00, if paid within five (5) days and $40.00 if paid after five (5) days.

~~ However, if a person is found to have violated the parking time limits twice within 180 days of the first offense, such person shall be subject to a fine of $50.00 if paid within five (5) days, and $75.00 if paid after five (5) days.

~~ And the third or later citations, if received within 180 days of the first offense, such person shall be subject to $100.00 if paid within five (5) days and $150.00 if paid after (5) five days.

For any new tickets received after the 180-day period, the parking fines above shall revert to the "First Citation" status.

3) Will the City now hire traffic wardens/meter maids?

No ~ See first question.

4) Are parking meters next?

Nothing has been discussed or are in the plans for meters at this time or in the near future.

5) How many new signs will clutter up downtown?

There will be a few. The only place timed parking will be posted and enforced will be all street parking around Revival and the lower deck in the parking structure.

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